BUDDHI DHARMA UNIVERSITY THE ANALYSIS OF MORAL VALUE SEEN IN KEVIN KWAN’S NOVEL ‘CRAZY RICH ASIANS’ Presented as a particular fulfillment of the requirment for the Undergraduate Program Meldyana Wijaya 20150600012 FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TANGERANG 2019 FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL Name : Meldyana Wijaya Student Number : 20150600012 Faculty : Social Sciences and Humanities Study Program : English Department Strata-1 Final Project Title : “The Analysis of Moral Value Seen in Kevin Kwan’s Novel Crazy Rich Asians” The Final Project Proposal has been approved, March 01st, 2019. Approved by, Acknowledged by, Supervisor Head of Department Riris Mutiara P.S. S,Pd., M.Hum Riris Mutiara P.S. S,Pd., M.Hum NIDN: 0427068703 NIDN: 0427068703 FINAL PROJECT APPROVAL Final Project Title : “The Analysis of Moral Value Seen in Kevin Kwan’s Novel Crazy Rich Asians” Name : Meldyana Wijaya Student Number : 20150600012 Faculty : Social Sciences and Humanities Study Program : English Department Strata-1 The Final Project has been approved, July 05th, 2019. Approved by, Acknowledged by, Supervisor Head of Department Riris Mutiara P.S. S,Pd., M.Hum Riris Mutiara P.S. S,Pd., M.Hum NIDN: 0427068703 NIDN: 0427068703 RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ELIGIBILITY OF FINAL PROJECT EXAMINATION The Undersigned Name : Riris Mutiara P.S. S,Pd., M.Hum Position : Supervisor Certifies that Name : Meldyana Wijaya Student Number : 20150600012 Faculty : Social Sciences and Humanities Department : English Department Strata-1 Title of Thesis : “The Analaysis Moral Value Seen in Kevin Kwan’s novel Crazy Rich Asians” is eligible to take the thesis examination. Tangerang, July 05th 2019 Approved by, Acknowledged by, Supervisor Head of Department Riris Mutiara P.S. S,Pd., M.Hum Riris Mutiara P.S. S,Pd., M.Hum NIDN: 0427068703 NIDN: 0427068703 STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICITY I declare that this thesis is my own writing, and it is true and correct that I do not take any scholarly ideas or work from others dishonestly. That all cited works were quoted in accordance with the ethical code academic writing. Tangerang, July 05th 2019 Meldyana Wijaya 20150600012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank God who has guided, blessed, strengthened during finishing my research. I am able to finish my research because of my beloved parents, Mr. Edy and Mrs. Emi for always praying the best for me and supporting every time I have difficulties in finishing the research. I would also like to express my gratitude to the most beloved people around me, lectures, and friends, who always supported, prayed, and helped so that the research can be completed for the purpose of the requirements to obtain the Bachelor Degree (S1) in Buddhi Dharma University. 1. Dr. Sofian Sugioko, M.M, CPMA, Rector of Buddhi Dharma University. 2. Dr. Lilie Suratminto, M.A, Dean of The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities in Buddhi Dharma University. 3. Iwan, S.Pd., M.M., M.Pd., Vice Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities in Buddhi Dharma University as academic writing nd presentation lecturer. 4. Riris Mutiara Paulina Simamora, S.Pd., M.Hum, as a Head of English Department in Buddhi Dharma University and the thesis supervisor who has given me advices and helped me in order to finish this reseach. 5. All of the lecturers and all staff members of Social Science and Humanities Faculty in Buddhi Dharma University, who have given a lot of information and guided me patiently. 6. My special person, Irfan Setiady, Noni, Amel who always give support to me. 7. My college fellow in literature major, Gita, Martha, Wiputri, Lenni, Metta, Dewi, Nenes who have supported each other from the beginning of doing research until finished it. 8. All friends in the morning class, Kenny, Fedry, Dennis, Xiena, Destiara and the others for being really nice from the first semester until the last. Tangerang, July 05th 2019 The writer _________________ Meldyana Wijaya 20150600012 ABSTRACT The title of this thesis is “The Analysis of Moral Value Seen in Kevin Kwan’s novel Crazy Rich Asians”. Generally, literature is a scientific material or source commonly used to make a paper or other scientific activities. Novel, poetry, essay, even film and drama are kind of literary work of imagination. Novel is a fictional prose story in a certain length, which depicts characters, movements and scanes real representative in a plot. The purpose of this study is to present the moral values contained on the characters in the Crazy Rich Asians novel.The theory that is used in this thesis is Hornby theory. The researcher uses two primary and secondary data sources. Primary data is Crazy Rich Asians novel written by Kevin Kwan in 2013. Secondary data are data sources that support this research such as website, journals, and some article related to the novel. This research is a descriptive qualitative research which is content analysis. The result of this study show the moral values contained in character in this novel. There are seven character who play in this novel, namely Rachel Chu, Nicholas Young, Eleanor Young, Astrid Leong, Michael Tao, Philip, and Peik Lin. After analyzing the Crazy Rich Asians novel, the writer found moral values; Love and Affection (28,9%), Bravery (21%), Sympathetic to others (13,2%), Honesty (5,3%), Care to others (10,5%), Humbleness (5,3%), Kind-hearted (5,3%), and the last is Trustworthiness (5,3%). The most dominant kind of moral value in this novel is Love and Affection. Keyword: Literature, Novel, Moral Value, Crazy Rich Asians. TABLE OF CONTENT FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL .................................................................................. i FINAL PROJECT APPROVAL ................................................................................. ii RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ELIGIBILITY .................................................... iii THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS ................................................................................. iv STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICITY ......................................................................... v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................... vi ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................. viii TABLE OF CONTENT ............................................................................................... ix CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study .......................................................................................... 1 1.2 Statement of the problem .......................................................................................... 3 1.3 Research Question ..................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Goal and Function ..................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Scope and Limitation ................................................................................................. 4 1.6 Conceptual Framework.............................................................................................. 5 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.1 Previous Studies ........................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Literature................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Novel ........................................................................................................................ 9 2.3.1 Intrinsic Novel .................................................................................................. 10 2.3.2 Character and Characterization ......................................................................... 13 2.4 Moral Value .............................................................................................................. 15 2.5 Kind of Moral Value ................................................................................................. 17 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Subject Matter ........................................................................................................... 20 3.2 Material ..................................................................................................................... 20 3.3 Approach................................................................................................................... 20 3.4 Procedure .................................................................................................................. 21 3.5 Methode Data Analysis ............................................................................................. 21 CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS 4.1 Moral Value in Crazy Rich Asians ............................................................................ 22 4.1.1 Rachel Chu’s character ..................................................................................... 22 4.1.2 Nicholas Young’s character .............................................................................. 26 4.1.3 Astrid Leong’s character ................................................................................... 30 4.1.4 Michael Tao’s character .................................................................................... 32 4.1.5 Eleanor Young’s character ................................................................................ 34 4.1.6 Philip’s character .............................................................................................